by SJI | Sep 18, 2019 | Featured
“Our vocation is to go and enflame the hearts of men, to do what the Son of God did, He Who brought fire into the world to set it alight with His love. What else can we wish for, than for it to burn and consume all things?” – St. Vincent de Paul These words of St....
by SJI | Jul 31, 2019 | Featured
“All the things in this world are gifts of God, created for us, to be the means by which we can come to know him better, love him more surely, and serve him more faithfully.” – St. Ignatius of Loyola What if the things in this world hinder us from the goal of knowing,...
by SJI | Jun 26, 2019 | Featured
Visiting California’s missions is a beautiful experience. The unique characteristics of each mission are striking, from the swallows of San Juan Capistrano to the lonely ruins of Nuestra Senora de la Soledad. The fragments of paint, adobe, or plants that exist from...
by SJI | Feb 27, 2019 | Featured
“The patient and humble endurance of the cross, whatever nature it may be, is the highest work we have to do.” – St. Katherine Drexel Can social activism and the feminine genius walk hand in hand? What about wealth and compassion? Can someone born into prosperity...
by SJI | Jan 30, 2019 | Featured
St. John Bosco experienced a series of visionary dreams during his lifetime. In one of them, he saw a vast ocean with fleets of enemy ships in it, all battling against one large ship, representative of the Church. Two columns rose in the sea, one smaller than the...
